California’s bullet train agency today formally requested a multibillion-dollar appropriation to start construction next year, after dozens of people from across the state attacked the $98-billion project’s cost, rationale and effects on communities....

Please contact Michael Patrick Durkee or Thomas P. Tunny for more information. http://www.sustainablecommunitieslaw.com/California High Speed Rail Agency Requests Billions To Start Construction By Tom Tunny on November 4, 2011 California’s bullet train agency today formally requested a multibillion-dollar appropriation to start construction next year, after dozens of people from across the state attacked the $98-billion project’s cost, rationale and effects on communities. The California High Speed Rail Authority board adopted a funding plan, which seeks to tap $3.3 billion in federal grants and $2.7 billion in state bonds to begin building an initial 140-mile segment of track through the Central Valley. That non-operational segment would run mostly through farmland from Chowchilla to Bakersfield. Read more: http://lat.ms/sTTpcP

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